Safdar Khan, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1083816193
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.1%), other and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. at 34.5% of the total. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 288 payments — averaging $2583.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$257K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$160K
- Cerapedics Inc.$143K
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$48K
- Prosidyan, Inc$31K
- Bioventus LLC$25K
- plus $80K from 18 others
Across 29 payments — averaging $3019.07 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Si-bone, Inc.$26K
- Spineart USA Inc$19K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
- Spineart SA$9K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$8K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$7K
- plus $8K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$14,4692%
- Consulting fees$440,04159%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,8752%
- Travel & lodging$23,3153%
- Food & beverage$11,2082%
- Education$3090%
- Gifts$5300%
- Other$240,23132%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 13 | $256,747 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 72 | $160,128 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 91 | $143,380 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 7 | $48,330 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 5 | $30,766 |
| Bioventus LLC | 10 | $24,999 |
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 5 | $14,819 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 12 | $13,250 |
| Stryker | 11 | $12,737 |
| Locate Bio Inc | 1 | $12,375 |
| 4web, Inc. | 4 | $10,650 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 10 | $6,983 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 6 | $3,343 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 10 | $1,949 |
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 4 | $1,425 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 8 | $709 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $450 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $318 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $284 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Implanet America, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- EXPEDIUM$154,643
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$142,388
- NAVIGATION$66,690
- Xvision$65,781
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$63,934
- Influx$37,418
- CONDUIT$25,814
- Fibulink$17,134
- Spira$14,289
- LDGraft$12,375
- TRITANIUM$12,149
- AERO$12,000
- ES2$12,000
- SERRATO$12,000
- ARIA$12,000
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$10,650
- Magellan$9,377
- iFuse Implant$4,712
- BG Matrix$3,500
- BG Putty$3,500
How this compares
$743,977 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 794 orthopaedic surgery providers in Ohio.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 25 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Columbus
- Thomas ScharschmidtColumbus$403K
- Benjamin TaylorColumbus$373K
- Sharat KusumaColumbus$137K
- Nathaniel LongColumbus$133K
- Reuben GobezieCleveland$12M
- Gregory BerletWorthington$9.6M
- Wael BarsoumCleveland$8.9M
- Brian CohenChillicothe$8.8M
- Joseph IannottiCleveland$7.1M
- John SontichYoungstown$3.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.